HP-UX System Administration Course Overview

This Hewlett Packard HP-UX System Administration training course is designed to give delegates practical experience in the administration of an HP-UX UNIX System. Reference will be made to the HP-UX command line, including using the System Management Homepage (SMH) to achieve the course exercises and objectives.
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Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: THE HP SERVER RANGE

• HP Integrity Series Servers
• HP Integrity Entry-Class Servers
• HP Integrity Mid Range Servers
• HP Integrity Superdome Servers
• HP 9000 Series Servers
• HP 9000 Superdome
• HP Servers RP8420-32
• HP 9000 RP4440 Server
• Node Partitioning Support

Session 2: MANAGING USERS AND GROUPS

• Managing Users
• The /etc/passwd File
• Adding an Entry to the /etc/passwd File
• The /etc/shadow File
• The pwconv and pwunconv Commands
• The /etc/group File
• Adding an Entry to the /etc/group File
• Managing User Accounts
• The useradd Command
• The usermod Command
• The userdel command
• Deactivating and Reactivating a User Account
• User Group Maintenance
• Managing Groups
• Password Ageing and Password Security Policies
• The passwd command

Session 3: NAVIGATING THE HP-UX FILE SYSTEM

• Unix File System Hierarchy
• Static and Dynamic Files
• HP-UX System Directories
• Searching for Files and Executables

Session 4: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT HOMEPAGE (SMH)

• SMH Introduction
• Starting SMH
• SMH Login Screen
• Navigating the SMH Software
• SMH Command Line Interface Configuration
• Text Based SMH

HP-UX System Administration Training Course

Session 5: BOOTING PA-RISC AND INTEGRITY SYSTEMS AND SHUTDOWN

• System Startup Process for an HP PA-RISC Server
• ISL (Initial System Loader) & Autoboot
• Enabling and Disabling Autoboot
• Manually Booting HP-UX in Single User-Mode
• Recovering from a Lost root Password
• Booting to LVM Maintenance State
• Booting from an Alternate Kernel
• Understanding Hardware Addresses
• Booting from Another Disk
• HP Integrity Server Booting Differences
• The init Procedure
• System Run States
• Using Unique Keywords
• System Startup Procedures
• The rc Process
• Sequencer Directories
• Kill Scripts
• Execution Scripts
• Contents of the Template File
• Configuration Files
• Changing the /etc/inittab File
• Shutdown and rc
• Shutdown Permissions
• The reboot Command

Session 6: LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGER (LVM)

• Disk/File System Configuration
• Logical Volume Manager
• LVM Version 1 Limits
• LVM Version 1, 2.0 And 2.1 Comparison Table
• LVM DSF Directories
• Benefits of Persistent DFS Naming
• Creating Physical Volumes
• Displaying Physical Volumes
• Creation of Volume Groups
• Creating a 1.0 Volume Group
• Creating a 2.x Volume Group
• Displaying Volume Groups
• Creating Logical Volumes
• Displaying Logical Volumes
• An Introduction to Mirroring and Disk Striping
• Quorum
• Glossary of Common HP LVM Commands

HP-UX System Administration Training Course

Session 7: FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

• File System Structure
• File Systems Types
• Creating File Systems
• Special newfs Arguments
• Blocks and Fragments
• Mounting File systems
• Checking the File System Table
• Using the /etc/fstab File
• Unmounting File Systems
• Mounting and Unmounting CDFS File Systems
• Mounting and Unmounting LOFS File Systems
• Mounting a ISO Image
• How To Mount a MemFS File System

Session 8: MANAGING SWAP SPACE

• HP-UX Memory Concepts
• HP-UX Swap Concepts
• HP-UX Swap Types
• HP-UX Pseudo Swap
• Creating Swap via the CLI
• Enabling Swap via /etc/fstab

Session 9: MAINTAINING LOGICAL VOLUMES AND FILE SYSTEMS

• Defragmenting File Systems
• Repairing Corrupted File Systems
• The lost+found Directory
• Repairing a Damaged HFS File System
• Repairing a Damaged VXFS File System
• Repairing a Damaged Root File System
• Common Errors Found by fsck
• Monitoring Free Space
• Extending a Volume Group
• Reducing a Volume Group
• Removing a Volume Group
• Extending a Logical Volume
• Reducing a Logical Volume
• Removing a Logical Volume
• Extending a File System
• Reducing a File System

Session 10: PREPARING FOR DISASTERS

• Dynamic Root Disk
• DRD Commands Overview
• Downloading And Installing Dynamic Root Disk
• Cloning the Active System Image
• Verifying a DRD Clone’s Status
• Synchronizing a DRD Clone
• DRD Sync Preview Command
• Copying the Files To the Inactive Clone Image
• DRD Sync System Shutdown Script
• DRD-Safe Commands And Packages
• Mounting/Unmounting the Inactive System Image
• Performing Tasks on the Inactive System Image
• Activating/Deactivating the Inactive System Image
• Cloning (Golden image) / Backing up the Root Disk

Session 11: ACCESSING THE SYSTEM CONSOLE AND THE ILO/MP

• Introduction to iLO 2
• Ports and LEDs
• HP Integrity Server Blade Components
• HP Integrity rx2660 Server Components
• HP Integrity rx3600 and rx6600 Server Components
• iLO 2 MP Status LEDs
• iLO 2 MP Reset Button
• Resetting Local User Accounts To Default Values
• Getting Connected to iLO